MPP 2026-27
Mentoring Matches
| Topic | Mentees | Mentors |
|---|---|---|
| Relational Labor, Family Legitimacy, and Motherhood in Saudi Women’s Entrepreneurship. | Asmahan Sandokji – Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business Entrepreneurship (MBSC) |
Carol Ekinsmyth |
| Cultural values, networking, and export entrepreneurship in the MENA region. | Wafa Alosimi – Jubail Industrial university | Dilani Jayawarna |
| Entrepreneurial experiences of Muslim female migrants. | Yasmina Chaara – PhD candidate Abdelmalek Essaadi University | Bettina Bastian & Bronwyn Wood |
| Heritage entrepreneurship in Al- Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. | Nasreen Hasan Ashkanani – PhD candidate University of Strathclyde | Susan Marlow & Lorna Treanor |
| The role of employment program on economic agency and social standing of widowed and divorced women in Lebanon. | Yousra Chebbo – American University of Beirut | Natalia Vershinina |
| How formal and informal institutions intersect to shape women’s entrepreneurship in Oman. | Aziza Khalifa Abdullah Al Ghafri – Gävle University | Hayfaa Tlaiss |
| Institutions and gender-related issues in the process of ecosystems formation of women entrepreneurs in the context of extended crises. | Nancy Zaarour – American University of Beirut | Haya Al-Dajani |
| TBC | TBC | Deema Refai |
| Entrepreneurial ecosystems: how women entrepreneurs collectively compensate for gaps left by weakened or absent formal support systems. | Roula Gergess – American University of Beirut | Katerina Nicolopoulou |
| Organising Entrepreneurship-for-Development for Marginalised Women in Egypt | Christine Samy – University of Strathclyde | Maura McAdam |